What a courtyard does in a traditional Chinese house is really it connects all the rooms. Maya Lin is a Chinese-American building designer and artist.

VOA: special.2010.03.03

Then as you move in, the outer courtyard, the outer enclosure of the sanctuary, bears a slightly higher degree of holiness.

然后你走进去，它的外部空间，圣所的外围，神圣的程度有所提高。

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and said that the courtyard right over there is the most courtyard, the most beautiful courtyard in America.

他说那边的那个院子是全美国最漂亮的院子。

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The Salk Institute has two structures that surround a marble garden area or courtyard.

VOA: special.2009.12.13

You see that in the top picture. And within those precincts, within that enclosure, there's a large, open courtyard.

你们可以在顶上的图中看到，在界域里面，它的内部，有一片巨大空旷的庭院。

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Secondly,conceptually this is what we call a courtyard.

VOA: special.2010.03.03

How can I get to the courtyard?

去广场大酒店庭院怎么走？

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And on the inner wall close to the courtyard actually what you see are some glittering tiles, thats what we call the luminary wall. Each lit rectangle tells about Chinese-American who has been important in American or world history.

VOA: special.2010.03.03

So the purity that's required of a priest, who has access to the sanctuary proper, is higher than that of an Israelite, who has access to the outer courtyard only.

因此那些，能够进入圣所内部的祭司，纯洁度比一般的，只能进入外部庭院的以色列人都要高。

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The first squatters began moving in two weeks ago. They're still arriving along with a couple of cats, which prowl in the courtyard.

VOA: standard.2009.11.12

The main sacrificial altar with a large ramp stood in that courtyard as well as a basin that was there for ablutions.

庭院里有一个大祭坛和一个坡道,以及一个用于沐浴的水池。

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Other cases are different. As they wash dishes in the safety of the courtyard, Liseth and her friends are reconsidering their plans after the harrowing trip across Guatemala.

VOA: standard.2009.09.01

And then halfway across the courtyard, there was a screen that marked the entrance to another little enclosure, ; which is the shrine proper, the sanctuary proper; and only priests have access to that area.

庭院中途有一个屏,它是另一个小一点的界域的入口，它就是神殿，或者圣所;,只有祭司才能进入。

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